Actor Gabriel Olds has been arrested and charged with multiple violent sexual assaults, according to Los Angeles police, and investigators say they are looking for more potential victims.
Mug image by Gabriel Olds.
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The 52-year-old actor who starred in TV shows like “Six Feet Under,” “NCIS” and the movie “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” was jailed Wednesday morning on seven felony charges following a lengthy investigation by Los. Angeles Police Department.
Police began investigating Olds in January 2023 after a 41-year-old woman reported he had raped her at her LA home, according to LAPD sex crimes detectives familiar with the case. Detectives later learned of two more women who had made similar allegations dating back to 2013. In both cases, the women claimed dating encounters with Olds led to violent sexual assault.
“We heard the same story over and over again,” LAPD Det. Brent Hopkins said. “Mr. Olds began charmingly, but then resorted to brutal violence.
“Some of these survivors suffered in silence for years before they found the strength to speak up,” Hopkins said.
Detectives allege that Olds sexually assaulted three women in violent attacks as well as two other women who reported less violent sexual behavior. But investigators suspect the actor may have more victims.
Authorities say Olds, a New York native with screenwriting credits and numerous acting credits dating back to the 1990s, used his status as a Yale-educated actor to lure the women, who investigators said he usually met through dating apps. Police say Olds lulled the women into a false sense of security during their initial encounters before becoming sexually violent.
Based on the LAPD investigation, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed seven aggravated assault charges against Olds last month. An arrest warrant was issued shortly thereafter by a judge.
The charges include rape, rape of an unconscious person, sodomy, assault with intent to commit rape and injury to a girlfriend or someone else. Prosecutors say Olds raped one woman on March 15, 2013, and another on September 1 of that year, as well as a third woman on January 19, 2023.